| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 22 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | Southampton | 22 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 22 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 22 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Norwich City | 21 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Newport County | 21 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Colchester United | 22 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 21 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 21 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 22 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 21 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 16 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 17 | Bradford City | 21 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 18 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 19 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | Wrexham | 22 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Reading | 21 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 20 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 24 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 37 | ||||